Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-07-09

WHICH mao 10 HeaTly ehueu iaSdAp, all
though he had made no remark he ha,
formed his own conclusions.
"What are you reading In The Volkstem
Om Silas--about the Bezuidenltout AFFAIR."
"No; what was that" .-e- p
ait was that the volk are rising against yol
English, that is all The sheriff seized Be
xuidenhouts wagon in execution of taxes, ali'
put it up to sale at Potchefstrooni. But til,
volk kicked the auctioneer of the wagon anG
hunted him round the town; and now Cover
nor Lanyon is sending Raaf down with power
to swear in special constables and enforce til,
law Mt Pochefstroom He might as well try
to stop river by throwing stones. Let me
Sos, the big meeting at Paaryle kraal wHs 10
have been ON the fifteenth of December, now
it is to be on the eighth, and then we shall SET
if it will be peace or war;"
"Peace or wars' answered the old man,
testify. @That has been the cry for years
How many big meetings have there been
since Shepstone annexed the country? Six,
think And what has come of it ala Just
nothing but talk. And what can come of it?
Suppose the Beers did fight, what would the
end Of it BET They would be beaten. and a
lot of people would be killed, and that would
be the end of it. You don't suppose that
England would give into handful of Beers,
do youf What did Gen. Wolseley say the
other day at the dinner at Potchefstroomi
Why, that the country would never be given
up, because no government, Conservative,
Liberal or Radical, would dare to do such q
thing. And now this new Gladstone govern
ment has telegrapbed the same thing, so what
is the use of all the talk and childishnessi Tell
me that, Frank Muller
Muller laughed as he answered, "You are
all very simple people, you English. Don't
you know that government is like woman
who cries No, no, no. and kisses you all the
timer II there is noise enough, your British
government will eat its words and give
Wolseley and Shepstone and Bartle Frere
q bigger business than you think for, ON
Slas OF course all these meetings and talk
are got up. The people are angry because OF
the English way Of dealing with the natives.
and because they have to pay taxes; and they
think that, now that you English have paid
their debts and smashed up Sikukuni and
Cetewayo, they would like to have the land
back. They were glad enough for you to take
it at first; now 1t is another matter. But
still that is not much. IL they were left to
themselves nothing would come of it except
talk. for many of them are very glad that the
land should be English. But the men who
pull the strings are down in the Cape. They
want to drive every Enghshman out OF
South Africa When Shepstone annexed the
Transvaal he turned the scale against the
Dutch element and broke up the plans they
have been laying for years to make big
anti English republic of the whole country.
II the Transvaal remains English there is an
end Of their hopes, for only the free state re-
mains, and that is hemmed in. That is why
they are so angry; and that is why their
tools are stirring the people up. They mean
to make them fight now. and think that
they will succeed If the Beers win the day
they will declare themselves; il not, you will
hear nothing Of them, and the Boers will
bear the brunt Of it. They are very cunning
people, the Cape patriots, but they look well
after themselves"
Silas Croft looked troubled and made no
answer and Frank Muller rose and stared
out of the window.